Improvement in cartridge-loading machines



M. v. B. HILL.

Cartridge Loader. NO. 95,345.

Patented Sept. 28 1869.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARTIN V. B. HILL, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVEMENT lN CARTRIDGE-LOADING MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 95,345, dated September 28, 1869.

I, MARTIN V. B. HILL, of Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain Improvements in Cartridge-Loading Machinery, of which the following is a specification.

The first part of my invention relates to the combination of a ratchet-wheel, pawl, arm, connecting-rod, and cam, or of three gears, for the purpose of revolving a horizontal circular table used in cartridge-loading machines.

The second partof my invention relates to the combination of a spring, wires, and anglelevers, and a knob operating a pawl, or of a spring pressing against a spur-gear.

Either of these combinations is for the purpose of throwing out of connection with the horizontal table the combinations mentioned in the description of the first part of my invention. One of two methods is used, both for the same object.

, General Description.

.E represents the frame of the machine, consisting of two circular plates or disks, the upper one having a short cylindrical part added to it, and of standards for connecting the plates and sustaining the machine. K is the main shaft, carrying a plate or disk, D, and a spurgear, A. The plate D has a number of holes in it, in which are inserted the shells of the cartridges. The spur-wheel A communicates motion to the plate or table B through the pinion C revolving on the pin a, said pinion being pressed upward by means of the spring b. The table B, having a number of holes in it, into which are inserted the bullets, rests on the plate 0, this plate having a hole in it at r, and is sustained by the frame E. A shaft, g, is fixed to the table B, and has at its lower end a ratchet-wheel, h, arm i, and collar m. The ratchet-wheel and collar are fixed to the shaft, but the arm turns on said shaft. A pawl, v, turning on a pin fixed on the arm, takes hold on the ratchet, and the end of the arm has a reciprocating motion given it by the cam-wheel 2 through the medium of the pin w and the connecting-rod q. A spiral spring constantly presses the pawl 1) toward the ratchet-wheel h. A wire, 0, is attached at one end to the pawl and at the other to the bent lever 8. Another wire, f, connects the lever with the knob c, said knob having a pin fixed to it.

Motion is communicated from the shaft K to the table B through the medium of the gears A and C. When it is desired to stop the motion of the table B, this is done by depressing the pinion C. By taking offthe pressure from the pinion C it is raised by the spiral spring I), and communication between the shaft 75 and the table B is restored.

The second method of communicating motion to the table B and of cutting off said communication is as follows: The end of the arm "5 has a reciprocating motion given to it by means of the connecting-rod q, said rod being actuated by the cam-wheel 2 through the pin w. The power required to drive the camavheel z is communicated through the bevel-wheel a,- but the method of transmitting motion to the cam-wheel forms no part of my invention.

The pawl 22 takes hold of and partly revolves the ratchet-wheel h at each revolution of the cam 2.

When it is desired to stop the rotation of the table B the knob c is lifted, moving also the wire f,'angle-lever s, and wire 0, which last is attached to the pawl 2 thus lifting said pawl ofi the ratchet-wheel h.

Claims.

MARTIN V. B. HILL.

Witnesses CONRAD F. ULRICH, L. S. AUsTIN. 

